Early Christian church that survived Muslim rule is found in southeastern Spain
Located in the municipality of Calasparra, the find has thrown up coins, scales and weights, and the tomb of a young woman who died during childbirth
Chameleons spread across Spain as experts urge people not to take them home
A new distribution map confirms stable populations beyond Andalusia, including Murcia, Alicante and Valencia
Spain’s unique Mar Menor, 10 years after infamous pollution episode: From the ‘green soup’ to ‘a tiny Mediterranean’
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Europe’s biggest saltwater lagoon made world headlines following contamination that led to a massive die-off of fish. Remarkable progress has been made since then on restoration, but the natural space remains in an unstable balance
Neanderthals consumed mollusks as early as 115,000 years ago, especially during the colder months
In a cave in Cartagena, Spain, limpet shells and snails were found, collected in the same way modern humans would have done millennia later
A ‘hunt’ for migrants in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco triggers fear: ‘There is peace for nobody’
The anti-immigrant protests are targeting a generation of young people born in Spain who are now around 20 years old and have always been marginalized
Torre Pacheco and the breeding of monsters in the West
The xenophobic episode in Spain is part of a broader pattern of reaction in the West that draws on a mixture of material and cultural discontent, spurred by the far right
Spain tries to go back to normal after biggest blackout in its history
More than 99% of the country’s power supply has been recovered, but some rail service is still suspended in Madrid and Barcelona
Heavy rains in southern Spain trigger flooding and evacuations
At least one person is dead and three more are missing in Andalusia, where 19 rivers are at red level. Evacuation orders have been issued for around 400 homes
Ceramics reveal the boundaries of Western Europe’s first state
El Argar had a centralized system for the production and distribution of its pottery vessels and clay objects, all made from material sourced from a single location
Andrés Jaque, architect: ‘The street of the future is a bustling street, full of life and shade’
The dean of the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University believes that we must commit to an ‘interspecies alliance.’ Buildings must not only be sustainable: they must also heal the ecology
Artificial rain or anti-hail cannons: Can the weather be manipulated?
There is no out-of-control engineering causing damage or drought, but the threat of climate change is increasing interest in some countries in techniques to alter the weather
China’s big cities are sinking
Groundwater extraction and heavy skyscrapers are key factors in an accelerating trend
Notches in the teeth of ‘seamstresses’ show how work was divided by sex 5,000 years ago
A study by the universities of Valladolid, Murcia, and Burgos reveals ‘the earliest evidence of craft specialization in the Iberian Peninsula’
Why marijuana plantations are spreading across southern Spain
With seizures jumping eighteenfold in Almería province, authorities warn that growers are passing off illegal cannabis as hemp for industrial use
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